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DarkBASIC Discussion / Whats the BIGGEST camera range you can get ? (DBC)

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Dr Crazy
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Posted: 20th Jun 2004 20:37
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Hey people I need the biggest camera range because my level is huge and I hate the disapearing object thing.

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ReD_eYe
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you can go pretty big, i've used 100000 before and din't get any errors, but maybe it would be worth scaling down the world?

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hyrichter
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For our game, I'm using 100000 and it hasn't caused any slow-downs that I can notice.

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Dr Crazy
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well i've done both. it still cut off some of my level. I'll try very high numbers. Thx newayz.

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BearCDPOLD
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You might want to consider using fog.

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Kohaku
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Posted: 21st Jun 2004 04:55 Edited at: 21st Jun 2004 04:58
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Using fog is kinda bland. You have to get the colour/color just right for the background which can tend to make the ground look like a semi-transparent football pitch.( you might want to ignore that...)

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Dr Crazy
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I've already done fog. It doesn't seem to look to good for business. I wish you could adjust the thickness of fog . Maybe I could do this:

[b]Make a cube the size of the screen.
Texture it.
Set transparency or ghost object on.
Position it 500 units out or summat like that.
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Kohaku
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Posted: 21st Jun 2004 20:03
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my word, its a skybox.

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Dr Crazy
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is it? Sorry Im a complete n00b.

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It is. But your also ghosting it so you can see through it. I do that alot myself. It allows me to easily change the colour of the sky by just using the BACKDROP COLOR command.

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